Letters they are cast since Sunday (for lack of a hand from the voice of the absent residents) and now it's time to play them. The first thing you need to decide is who will take charge Parliament of Catalonia emerged from the polls on Sunday, as did the rest of the Council members. It's no small charge in a room where the independents They have been putting pressure on the regional legislature for fourteen years. Carme Forcadell's table (ERC), for example, played an essential role in the entire 'process' and without its approval it would not have been possible to process urgently and overnight the famous decoupling laws of September 6 and 7, 2017. These regulations, illegal, supported the referendum project approved by the government.
The deadline for the election of the president of the parliament ends on June 10, just one day after the European elections. Is Pere Aragonesacting and outgoing President of the Generalitat, after announcing this Monday that he will not repeat as deputy, the one who has the power to convene the plenary session of the new chamber.
Once composed and chosen members of the Councilwhich will be voted on in three stages (first the President, then the two Vice-Presidents and finally the four Secretaries), it is the turn of the parliamentary chairman. He will be in charge of holding a round with the leaders of the political groups to propose an aspiring president of the Generalitat. Since this Monday Salvador Illa (PSC) and Carlos Puigdemont (Junts) have announced that they will take the step. But it will be the President of Parliament who will determine, based on the support expressed by the groups in their consultation round, who will undergo an investiture session.
When Aragonès calls June 10ththe maximum deadline for the investiture vote will be the 25th of that month. If there is no regional president on that date, a two-month period will open, counting down to the electoral rerun 54 days later. The clock would therefore start counting to prevent this scenario that everyone wanted to avoid today.
Owned by ERC
Consequently, the first of the battles that will take place in the Citadel Park Palace. Moreover, within the narrow margin allowed by law, the parliamentary president has a 'vacuum' to govern himself politically if he does not do so within the ten days he has for consultation and convening a plenary session of the investiture. Although this doesn't seem to be the case since then Illa And Puigdemont They plan to formalize their request to invest.
As the winner of the election, Illa has the upper hand. But only C.K.D He can break the deck if he decides not to support the Socialist and, in addition to the opposition, also not to support Puigdemont.